Feller came to the event and drove the tractor that served as the ground-breaking shovel. His introduction was front-loaded with information about his military career, followed by his baseball credentials, which are highlighted by his 266 career wins, 52 complete games, 44 shutouts, 2,581 strikeouts and three no-hitters – all as a Cleveland Indian. Without the three-year stint as a World War II pilot, one can only imagine what the numbers would have been.

But it didn’t matter. He’s been a baseball Hall of Famer since 1962!

We were told he could be gruff. We were cautioned that he really wasn’t a personable guy. We were warned that he was “old school,” -- maybe too old school.

But what we saw that day was a man who was proud to be an American, one who happened to have been one of the greatest pitchers of all-time.

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